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Could you say which of the dynamic driver phones you reviewed were ported? And/or out of the ones which are either ported or use balanced armature drivers, which one(s) are the most similar to the Silver Bullet in sound?

I like low bass though. Oh well. I'll figure something out. Thanks for the suggestions :)

Hmm, what about dynamic-driver IEMs which are ported to facilitate air flow?   Looking at |joker|'s-giant-thread, the two candidates I found by searching for the word 'ported' which also reportedly have good SQ are the Cyclone PR1 (discontinued) and Brainwavz M2. Is there anything else that...

Bah. I'm liking the Silver Bullet more and more in every other respect. So I guess what I'm looking for is a Silver Bullet, minus the driver flex. :(

Executive summary: I'm looking for IEMs in the $50-150 range with good bass (esp. sub-bass), good overall sound quality, good soundstage, and (this is the important bit) no, absolutely NO driver flex. Comfort is subjective, but that would be the other important criterium.   Background/story...

I have a pair of Turbines, and am planning on ordering Silver Bullets in the next few days. Presumably you don't want to wait multiple weeks until I receive them and can report back with my experiences, though.

Mine just arrived a day or two ago, so that was certainly a relief.

Ah. I guess I'll try the open-mouth method then, seems like the least bother. : ) It was sort of weird though, it stopped playing randomly in the middle of a song, not right after I had put them in.   Edit: Meh, just happened again. Not so awesome.   Edit 2: Can't get it to resume...

Either my ears are very small, or I'm putting them in wrong, but they hurt the back of my ear when I put them in. Which is a bit odd, because they're barely longer than the Vibes I had before and with which I had no problems. I guess it might be because the ends of the Vibes are convex, whereas...

  Quote: There is truth to this post. I just got my Turbines, and I hadn't listened to 3 songs with them when the left earpiece gave out. My emotional reaction was more a bitter lack of surprise than any real pissed-off-ness (I've had three earphones die the same way in the past...

Guess I might have to bite the bullet on these after all... (pun not intended, but nor objected to).

If I enter in my tracking number it then asks me for an Enquiry Reference Number - what's that supposed to be? Do I need to email them to get one?

  Quote: Well yeah, had I known in advance... either that or gone with something else, given that free shipping was one of the attractive things about the M2. Guess you get what you pay for.

Oh dang. I ordered M2s a few days ago as a Christmas present. It would be kinda nice if they got here by then...

I haven't owned them, but the Panasonic RP-HJE900s are made of cubic zirconium and have replaceable cables, so that sounds like it should be difficult to destruct. Can't say for sure though.

Perversely relieved they don't ship outside the US, I can't cancel on the Turbines and there's no way I could afford these as well. Would've been nice though... (maybe next year.)

Guess I might cut the Gordian knot and get both, then maybe sell one of them. I just jumped on the lightning deal for the Monsters at Amazon. If I do I'll report back to answer my own question (;

Yay, didn't miss out this time.

It has fluctuated between $119, $129, $146, and $149, and who it was sold by (JR, Amazon, other) seemingly at random throughout the day.

Thanks a bunch. I continue to feel based on your description that the SBs are what I would prefer between the two, it being a shame that my preference in sound and looks didn't end up landing in the same phone as the one with the awesome durability. To try and extrapolate a little (if you listen...

I don't mean to spam, but with Black Friday and all it would be nice to have information quickly, and I feel the specific question I'm left with might be getting lost at the end of all my monologuing in the previous thread. (If everyone's actually read to the end of it and simply has nothing to...

Klipsch Custom-3 for $109 at Amazon. Like seemingly everything, only ships to US.   Someone could really find me one of these awesome deals which ships to Europe, esp. on Turbines. : (   Edit: Actually it's even cheaper if you go to the source. Though according to the giant IEM...

So after way more research and some thinking I've narrowed it down and focused my criteria a bit.   When I say I like bass, what I like is _deep_ bass, the very deepest end of the range. To take two pieces of music probably everyone is familiar with as examples, both Wherever I May Roam and...

I had Vibes, and while my only other experience (other than crappy earbuds) was with Shure E2cs, I liked them a lot. However, durability was not great. The plastic on the cable broke under both ears after several months (my sense of time is terrible, so it could be anywhere from 3-6ish). After...